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I bought this for a project in college and it turned out to be a lot better use. Have given it reads a few times just to remind myself of different aspects of the game. Helps in building a program and controlling your life as coaches sometimes get lost in coaching. Worth a read.

This is the one book I have constantly pushed around my high school to fellow coaches- in any sport- to read. The leadership and guidance is both thorough, entertaining and most of all, right on the money. Any new (or not so new) varsity coach would be very wise to read this and keep this book in their library to refer to it at least annually. However, you will find it difficult to reacquisition the book after loaning it to somebody. Perhaps the Athletic Director could buy one for each coach. It would saved me the ordeal buying now another one .

In Coaching and Control Bill Warren examines many key components that are often overlooked in books for coaches. From relationships between individual players, whole teams, school staff and communities to practice and game preparation, Warren gives coaches of every sport and level an excellent framework from which to develop your own philosophy on coaching. Additionally, this is one of the few coaching books that I have encountered where the writer isn't afraid to address situations in a non-politically correct way. It was nice to finally read someone who has coached and isn't afraid to tell it like it is. I highly recommend this book for the "new" and "old" coach. There is something for everyone here.

This book is the ONLY book that can help all coaches in every sport. Bill Warren has been through it all and presents tons of valuable information to help any coach navigate the "shark infested waters" of coaching. I wish I had this book 20 years ago. Coach Warren, thanks for all the help you have given me. This book is your best! Thanks!

A textbook for public planners of various ilks. Provides an overview rather than an in depth analysis of particular issues. For that reason, it is liable to be pertinent for awhile yet. Good for what it is.

This book was a great help in the projects that my instructor assigned. It was very detailed.

We used this text in our planning course last fall and it was excellent! Eric Kelly is a genius when it comes to writing planning books. This book is a must have for all college planning students. I highly recommend it!

Planning in the 21st Century

BY MARY R. ENGLISH

Part of a growing series on land use planning published by Island Press, Community Planning is modestly titled. It provides much more than an introduction: it gives the reader a working acquaintance with community planning.

In the United States, the concept of comprehensive local planning dates back to the City Beautiful movement spawned by the 1892 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In the late 1920s, the concept took off on a grand scale with the Standard City Planning Enabling Act published in 1928 by the U.S. Department of Commerce as a companion to its 1926 Standard Zoning Enabling Act. Both were the culmination of the work of a commission appointed in 1921 by Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce.

While the Department of Commerce's model acts were simply that-models-they provided helpful guidance to states. In 1926, local land use zoning had received the blessing of the U.S. Supreme Court in Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., which sanctioned the use of public regulatory power to specify how private land may be used. To enable and provide direction for local zoning and planning, states passed legislation patterned on the Department of Commerce models.

Now more than 70 years old, these models have been scrutinized and alternatives have been proposed-by the American Law Institute and the American Planning Association, for example-but virtually all state zoning and planning legislation harkens back to these two standard acts. They are premised on the idea that good government requires professionalism grounded in fact-based analysis and dispassionate forecasting.

Just as you can take a trip without an itinerary, you can zone without a comprehensive plan. Properly done, however, a comprehensive plan brings logic, foresight, and defensibility to zoning and other community decisions. Sometimes called a master plan or a general plan, a comprehensive plan is, as Kelly and Becker note, "a tangible representation of what a community wants to be in the future."

Today, full-blown comprehensive plans typically include inventories of existing conditions, statements of needs and goals, and implementation strategies. Comprehensive plans also broach topics such as population, housing, land use, economic development, public facilities and infrastructure, natural resources, and cultural resources. These are often described in some detail, accompanied with maps and information on historic trends and projections. The comprehensive plan may also detail more specific plans for special areas such as a city's downtown, or special topics such as open space and recreation.

Community Planning is contemporary in its orientation. Kelly and Becker frequently note the need for early and continued involvement of citizens and elected officials in community planning processes. Nevertheless, the book is in keeping with the rationalist, "good government" spirit that motivated the U.S. Department of Commerce's model acts. It provides a systematic, well-thought-out guide to the community planning process.

Kelly and Becker's book was written to serve as a text for introductory classes in planning at the undergraduate or graduate level, and it moves from the general to the specific of tangible plans, the nuts and bolts of developing and implementing plans. The book wraps up with practical information useful not just to students, but also to community leaders with no formal training in planning on what work to expect from planners and on ethical issues to consider in planning. To assist the teacher or the self-taught reader, each chapter concludes with exercises, discussion questions, and annotated suggestions for further reading. The book also has an extensive bibliography.

Over the past few decades, debates have arisen about the utility of comprehensive plans. Are they worth the effort? Is the process of planning really more important than the document itself? Does anyone actually use the plan? As federal subsidies for local comprehensive planning processes dwindled in the 1980s, the popularity of massive plans waned.

Kelly and Becker acknowledge this shift, and they also point out that planning is inevitably political: despite the best efforts of the government reformers, planning remains political with a small p. At its best, it transcends politics and builds consensus across political coalitions. At its worst, it can become so embroiled in local political issues that it loses its credibility and effectiveness.

Nevertheless, this book is testimony to Kelly and Becker's conviction that planning and comprehensive plans, properly done, can and should make a positive difference.

Mary R. English, Energy, Environment and Resources Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

This review originally appeared in the Fall 2000 issue of FORUM for Applied Research and Public Policy.

As a control engineer, it was everything I needed to better understand air compressed systems which are essential for control applications in the industry.

A great book for anyone working with, or who wants to learn about compressed air. It covers a wide range of topics from compressed air components to full systems in a practical, easy to read manner. Very little theaory and lots of real world examples and illustrations.

I knew nothing about compressed air when I started working for a company that sells compressed air equipment. This book has been such great help, it isn't a dry text for engineers, it reads like someone talking to you and has illustrations for everything so you can follow along easily. It also has charts, lists and worksheets for just about anything you need to know about air compressors, accessories and even the connectors that are used with them. The best part is that I don't have to learn all this stuff, I just need to keep the book handy and the information is all right there. I recommend this book to anyone who works with, maintains, specifies or even places the orders for compressed air systems. You don't have to read it cover to cover, just keep it on your shelf and pull it down when something goes wrong, needs replacing or whatever.

This book has been a great help to me in my work place and in my home workshop. I use compressed air for several systems at work and projects at home and have had problems in the past understanding just what is going wrong. This book helped me fix and understand what the problems spots were and fix the trouble points. I would recommend this book to be on every book shelf where a compressed air system is in use.

This book is great for the operator to understand more about the boiler control loops and what happens when he/she, for example places the burner tilts on Auto, etc. I've bought this book twice, it was so good someone stole my first copy.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough for anyone involved in operating a large boiler.

The intent of this book is to emphasize the basic ideas involved in boiler control. Boiler control is a broad subject that includes the total start-up and shutdown procedures, as well as safety interlocks and the on-line operation of the boiler.

This edition includes coverage of boiler basics, on-line operations, start-up, shutdown, flame monitoring, and safety interlock systems.

The book content is distributed the following way:
- Introduction.
- Boiler basics and the steaming process.
- Performance and input-output relationships.
- Basic control loops and their system interconection.
- Combustion of fuel, excess air, and products of combustion.
- Efficiency calculations.
- The steam supply system.
- Firing rate demand for industrial boiler.
- Firing rate demand for utility boilers.
- Main steam and reheat steam of temperature control.
- Boiler and unit interlocks.
- Feedwater supply and boiler water circulation systems.
- Feedwater control systems.
- Boiler draft systems.
- Measurement and control of furnace draft.
- Measurement and control of combustion air flow plus related functions.
- Fuel gas analysis trimming of combustion control systems.
- Fluid fuel burners for oil,gas, and coal.
- Solid fuel burning systems.
- Burner management and flame safety interlocks for gas and fluid-fired boilers.
- Combustion control for liquid and gaseous fuel boilers.
- Pulverized coal and cyclone coal burner ystems.
- Combustion control for cyclone and pulverized coal-fired boilers.
- Combustion control for stoker-fired boilers.
- Atmospheric fluidized-bed boilers.
- Control system complexity and future directions for boiler control.

This book will be a valuable reference for anyone involved with control and safety systems of boilers. I am an industrial practitioner that has been working for the last 16 years as an Instrumentation, Automation, Process Safety and Process Control Engineer for the Oil & Gas Industry. This book is always on my shelf, and has been useful many times during my career

I have been a member of ISA since 1985 and joyfully read many publications from ISA. I find this book to be thorough, convincing and easy to understand, not only by the experienced Mechanical and Control System Engineers, but also by the new engineers and system designers. I sincerely look forward to the 3rd Edition.

This book helped me understand the control logic of boilers. Really easy to read and understand. Probably the best controls book out!

I used this as an RN to give Triage Advice. It is a book that I like above the newer editions. It is readable and reliable. All health care practitioners need a book like this.

This book is great for learning about diseases that most people never heard of. Unfortunately, my copy is from 1975... I was looking for an update!

No Nurse, Doctor, or alternative medicine practitioner should be without it! Enlightening for the average consumer, especially the frequent traveller. I was hoping to find an updated copy also.

This book is a must have for the library of anyone in the medical field. It is very comprehensive and informative. I have referred back to it countless of times throughout the years. I was looking to see if a new edition had come out yet.

This book is very helpful in my nursing practice, working in a family medicine clinic. The information is up to date and the physicians will be able to use it often.

This is a great little reference book of common, and not so common, communicable diseases. It really comes in handy of you travel to remote locations or in a disaster.

It is now available on CD-ROM now and that makes it even easier to carry and faster to use.

An excellent book that gives briefly but clearly all the essential information about a tremendous number and variety of communicable diseases. Useful for health sciences professionals and all wishing information on the topic.

I am both a full time school nurse and a part time emergency room nurse. This book is an absolute must and a wonderful resource to have on hand ...for nurses and physicians. Every clinic and medical office should have this available!

I had to buy this book for a class I am taking, and it has proven very helpful and useful.

John Huntington's book is the THE reference tool in our lighting shop for show control. It has everything you need for the different control languages, in clear and concise formats.It is a must on every theatre technician's bookshelf

John Huntington's new book, Control Systems for Live Entertainment, is one of the most useful and informative books available for anyone interested in theatre technology. The book covers such technologies as MIDI, DMX512, MediaLink, MIDI Show Control, and others.

A well dog-eared copy of the first edition has been in my tool kit / computer kit for the last couple of years. I have found it a valuable resource. It has helped me on-site more than once. The second edition is more comprehensive and organized. Kudos to John in publishing a great resource fit for the student and experienced professional.

George Tucker- Show Control Engineer- Scharff Wesiberg NYC

Years ago I like others stumbled upon Cooking Light at the newstand. Having been a subscriber now for years I can attest that it is only one of two cooking magazines I subscribe to, read and use the recipes. This volume has many recipes I constantly use, e.g. see their Christmas dishes, the Balsamic Lamb Chops are a knockout. Also, the section on stuffed Chicken Breasts has kept me contiually slitting and stuffing with exotic mixtures.

The recipes are great - it's nice to have a year subscription compiled into one book. The only downfall to the book is that it is missing the great index provided by the magazine that groups recipes into catagories. I just pulled my "97 index from the Dec issue of Cooking Light magazine as a reference and now have the greatest cook book around.

I have only had this book two weeks and I have been cooking from it non-stop. The Cooking Light staff has brought healthy eating into the '90s and made it accessiable for everyone. The desserts and baked goods are beyond compare. Simple main dishes and wonderful treatment of vegtable side dishes abound. I love this book, it is better than any of their previous compilations to date!

I was tired of making the same old stuff every week, so I looked for a book that would also help keep down our cholesterol and fat intake. I found this book and haven't missed using it a week since I got it. It is great not only for the healthy recipes, but for how the recipes compare to fatty ones and taste even better in my opinion. They are pretty easy to make and range from cakes and goodies to detailed Italian meals. It also gives you a selection of the same dish( ie. several kinds of lasagna to choose from). Recipes are easy to find and several have enticing photos to encourage you to try them. A "must have"in the kitchen. I'm buying it, and it's predicesors, for birthday gifts for friends...they'll "eat it up".

lots of great, simple recipes are included, with nutritional info for each. the honey-dijon chicken is our favorite; the recipes use regular ingredients in novel ways so one doesn't miss the texture added by fats. i hope the publisher re-issues this - we need more cookbooks like this.

I would concur with the review above. Most low-fat cookbooks leave much to be desired -- unless of course you have a penchant for dog food. This one has wonderful recipes that are easy to prepare and, in some cases, nice enough for company. We especially like the Bombay Chicken, the Mexican chicken soup, and the Spanish rice.

I bought this book last year and my wife took it to heart. The recipes give you a guide to very fine tasting food at very low calorie intake. When we followed this book for dinner we both lost 1/2 pound per day and stayed with it. Then we got lazy and went back to our old ways. Now back to the book. Now, this is realy good food. The meals will fill you up and you would think that you went to a very expensive restaurant. You must shop for the cooking items and spices, but the meals are easy to make. Recommended prep time and cooking times are very accurate. And of course you can make some adjustments by subtituting items here and there.

This is a TERRIFIC book! Not only are the recipes easy and quick to prepare, but they actually taste good! In addition, the ingredients are every day items that you can find at your grocery store...and they don't cost an arm and a leg. I own quite a few cookbooks - this one is my favorite.

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I found this book to be an excellent text and an invaluble resource for any Chemical Engineer whether a student or a working professional. The book is well laid out and a surprisingly easy read even for those beginning a chem eng course. I would recommend it to anyone.

A very good summary of chemical engineering. You can find everything you need related to mass and heat transfer. Very special thanks to Richardson and Coulson.

Mehmet ARAS, Chemical Engineer, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Co.

As a graduate chemical engineer, fortunate to be one of Ray Sinnott's students, it is with great pleasure that I write about his book. The design project is a crucial part of any undergraduate program encompassing chemical engineering or related topics,ie Bio-chemical engineering and Process Bio-technology to name just a few. It is not until the student (of one of the most complex and challenging degree schemes) becomes involved with the "design project" do they realise the problems that need to be overcome to just start the most simple of tasks. The text is a valuable tool to quick and accurate methods to start the basic design of the majority of traditional unit operations. The text of course relies on the user to have some engineering knowledge and paves the way for the application of the more rigorous software design packages that are available today. Coverage is given is to many topics in the book especially in the areas of safe design/operation and costing, with many further references given at the end of chapter. This is a book that you will buy and continue to use all your practicing life, as myself and friends will testify!! There is no other text book that I have come across which gives so much practical information, yet so easily accessed. James Evans M.Eng. (University of Wales, Swansea.(UK))